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• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  and Rita and the earthquake in Pakistan still very much on all of our minds, and the early action deadline about a week away, I figure this is a ... unforeseen tragedies. Obviously, any of these things can make it hard to apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  in, about what kind of company culture I like (hint: Google is awesome, and not just because they gave me a Chrome beanie. Although I am in love with that beanie. I kind of want the weather to get colder just so I can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  (RA). I've had a number of deferred students write in with questions so ... . What new stuff should I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is ... having been deferred in EA. Nobody, not even me, can accurately gauge your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  Period. As holidays go, I'd say Spring Break falls somewhere in the high ... 've mostly been enjoying myself. I am, by the by, back home in South Bend. I ... sentence. But it's actually true. And in the long run...I wouldn't want it to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  I can’t imagine what it must be like to face such a tragedy, I think I can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with the Hokies. Looking back, Campus Preview Weekend was awesome and I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  For many years I have written these blog posts from a cubicle in room ... now, and for you, too. I said this earlier in the annotations, but ... longer there, ask me in the comments about the hidden vault in the secret

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  science course being complete and fresh in your mind. And since you can take ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  replaced the definition of 'home' in my subconcious. i'm in a completely different mindset compared to three weeks ago. then, i was still in MIT mode ... ="real home"]home[/annotation] for a week, where i was mostly alone, besides the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  's addictive, I swear), I haven't done much else in the way of vegetating. First, I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the ... -- but I don't think I've ever spent so much time studying for a test in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  , but it was true. So I walked around the airport like the bird in the ... really thought I'd lost weight, showing my mom the t-shirt I bought in her ... which pedal the break was (I don't drive in Boston). And now, it

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life ... in my AIM away messages if I particularly like it. I enjoy literature ... concentrated in anthropology because I've always loved reading about physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  : Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the ... viscosity of eggs. I drink soup from a can, except that this is semantically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 fine, so I figured there'd be no harm in doing it tonight. A few moments ... MIT. How does that feel." Now, in my mind I know that it was a long time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  reviews, and i ended up falling in love with a few of them. then i found out ... time, i've never actually seen an improv show in person, just read about ... months of waiting, i learned that i got the role. in fact, i was lucky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that ... . Really, you guys are amazing, and I can't wait to meet you all in person ... morning of Sunday, March 18th, I was sitting at the computer in our living

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a ... desk is nice, but i can either stand or get work done playing ... 've lived in so far, i think boston is still my favorite i want to live

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I ... , I'm trying to tighten my culinary grasp in order to make new and ... -saturated “Introduction to Undergraduate Women in Physics” event that I hosted for the Class

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] The night still hung in the air at 0630 as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  admissions, then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight ... Thailand in Oregon. I saw a TED talk from my current Ph.D. advisor, Professor ... I have ever seen in my life. I was determined to get to MIT Media Lab

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020